Accessibility Statement - Sefton Public Health

This accessibility statement applies to https://phar.sefton.gov.uk

This website is run by Sefton Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts
zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
My Computer My Way has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. You can see a full list of any issues we currently know about in the Non-accessible content section of this statement.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
● email communications@sefton.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: communications@sefton.gov.uk

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Sefton Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

All table headers should define a valid scope attribute, which tells assistive technologies what the header refers to This fails WCAG 1.3.1 Table heading scopes (A).

This is affecting the table on the following link - https://phar.sefton.gov/childhood-immunisations-uptake/ - we will fix this issue by the end of March 2025.

If you find an issue that we have yet to identify, please contact us using one of the routes described in the ‘Reporting accessibility problems with this website’ section of this statement.

Disproportionate burden

At this time, we have made no claims of disproportionate burden.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

At this time, we have not identified any content that is not within scope of the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Sefton Council is doing the following to improve accessibility:

Known non-compliance accessibility issues will be reviewed and where possible, changes will be made to address the issues. Where we are unable to make changes, we will continue to note issues under ‘non-accessible content’.
Respond promptly to concerns raised about accessibility and address these where possible or provide reason where we are unable to make changes.
Ensure new documents added to the website are tested for accessibility issues before being published.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 19th March 2025.

This website was last tested on 19/03/2025.

All pages of the website were tested. Testing was composed of a mixture of manual, semi-automated and assistive technology testing.